EVIDENCE LACKING FOR MAGNETIC COMPASS ORIENTATION IN FIRE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)

Authors
KLOTZ JH VANZANDT LL REID BL BENNETT GW
Citation
Jh. Klotz et al., EVIDENCE LACKING FOR MAGNETIC COMPASS ORIENTATION IN FIRE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE), Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 70(1), 1997, pp. 64-65
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00228567
Volume
70
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
64 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-8567(1997)70:1<64:ELFMCO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The conclusion by Anderson and Vander Meer (1993) that the red importe d fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) has magnetic orientation is unac ceptable for two, jointly compelling reasons: (1) We could not replica te their experimental results, and (2) Anderson and Vander Meer's argu ment, that a magnetic field induced change in the latency to trail for mation is evidence for magnetic orientation, is logically flawed.